Introduction natural disaster

Disaster caused by nature, such as floods, volcanic eruptions, earthquakes, tsunamis, avalanches, lahars (volcanic mudslides), landslides, sinkholes, blizzards, drought, hailstorms, heat waves, hurricanes, tropical storms, typhoons, Ice Ages, tornadoes, and wildfires. Epidemics caused by bacteria or viruses are sometimes considered natural disasters, but sometimes put into a different category. A biological threat such as locusts or toxic fungi could also be considered a natural disaster...and more..

MAJOR EARTHQUAKE,FLOODS IN CHINA HISTORY

China, 1290
Earthquake takes at least 100,000 people.

China, 1556
Earthquake in Shansi, China kills about 830,000

China, 1642
Flooding takes about 300,000 lives.

China, 1556
The second deadliest earthquake was in the Chinese province of Shaanzi on February 2, 1556. It killed 830,000 people.

China, 1876 - 1879
The deadliest drought in recorded history was in China between 1876 and 1879. Rivers were dry, so most crops and livestock died. There was no food production in a 1-million km2 area of 9 provinces. The drought caused the death of an estimated nine million people.
China, 1887
The worst flood in "modern history" happened in China in 1887. The Yellow River overflowed, causing the death of about 900,000 people. (Some reports say it was a million that parished.)
China, 1911
Yangtze River flood - approx: 100,000 deaths.

China, 1920
In the north China there was a drought that caused 20 million victims and took at least 500,00 lives.
China, Gansu - 1920
Gansu, China is hit with an earthquake measuring 8.6 and kills around 200,000 people.
China, 1927
An earthquake 7.9 - hit Nanshan City and took about 200,000 people.

China, 1931
A flood on the Changjiang River took at least 145,000 people (other estimates go over a million, but we have not confirmed that).
China, 1932
Another earthquake, this one northwest Gansu Province, killed about 70,000 people.

China, 1935
Another Yellow River flood "caused 27 counties inundated and 3.4 million victims".  How many actual lives were killed we don't know. If you have facts, let us hear from you
China, 1933
Another Changjiang River flood takes the lives of at least 140,000 people.
China, 1939
A flood takes about 200,000 lives.

China, 1942 - 1943
A drought in the Henan province took the lives of more than a million people.

China, 1958 - 61
As many as 20 million people died in this famine. *

China, Tangshan - 1976
The worst earthquake damage in modern times was in northeast China in 1976. It was July 28 when a massive quake, measuring 8.3 on the Richter scale, shook the industrial mining city of Tangshan. Officially 255,000 people died, and another 164,000 were severely injured. But others (unofficial, but perhaps more accurate?) estimate that about 655,000 perished. Some ninety per cent of the buildings were destroyed. It took at least ten years and massive investment to rebuild the city.

Disasters history,natrural Disasters earthquake,floods

1=    Turkmensistan (USSR), 1948
 110,000
 Earthquake

2=    Worldwide, every year
 2 to 5 million a year
 Malaria

3 =    Western Hemisphere, mostly 16th - 18th centuries
 unknown millions
 European Sicknesses

4=   Africa, 1981 - 1984 unknown millions Drought
5=   World-wide, 1918 - 19 35 to 100 million
 Influenza pandemic

6=    Europe and beyond, 1347-1350 25 million
 Bubonic plague
7=    China, 1958 - 61 20 million
 Famine

8=    India, 1769 10 million
 Famine

9=    China, 1876 - 1879 9 million
 Drought

10=   Egypt and Syria, 1201 1.1 million
 Earthquake

11=    North Korea, 1995-98 3 million + Famine and Floods
12=     China, 1935 2 million + ?
 Flood
13=    Ireland, 1845 - 48 1 million +
 Famine
14     China, 1942 - 1943 1 million +
 Drought
15=   China, 1887 900,000
 Flood
16=   China, 1556 830,000
 Earthquake
 17=   China, 1976 600,000
 Earthquak



18=   China, 1920 500,000 +
 Drought

19=   Bangladesh, 1970  500,000
 Floods
20=   France, Germany, America, etc., 1870 500,000
 Smallpox

21=    Bangladesh, 1970  500,000
 Floods



22=    Japan, 1923 170,000
 Earthquake

23=    Bangladesh, 1991
 139,000
 Earthquake

24=    Japan, 1730 137,000
 Earthquake



25=    Armenia, 1988
 100,000 +
 Earthquake

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